Say hello to Rantbox
For the past several years, the main outlets for my postings were Twitter and here at the Dafacto website. Today that changed.
Twitter’s a great place for content that’s temporal in nature. On the
oDesk found a great fit for my job
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a job on the oDesk site. The way this generally works is that members at oDesk will see the post, and if interested will then apply for the job. Evidently, oDesk has
Meeting UFC champion Fabricio Werdum
Fabricio Werdum is currently the interim heavyweight champion of the UFC, and calls California home. Several years ago, though, he lived in Madrid, Spain, where he ran one of Spain's first Brazilian
Keyboard Maestro script for tweeting latest post
My blogging workflow generally involves:
- Posting a blog article with MarsEdit
- Reviewing the article in Safari
- Tweeting the article in Twitter
Step 3 required copying and pasting both the URL and the
iOS 8 battery usage stats are relative
A Rego user just wrote in concerned that Rego was consuming 14% of his battery usage:
These battery usage stats in iOS 8 can be a bit confusing. You have to understand that they are relative numbers
High fashion Dadida

The local Chinese shops here in Spain are absolutely shameless. From iPod shuffle knockoffs to “top brand” clothing like these hilarious “Dadida” socks.
Notes from the Tim Ferriss interview of Pavel Tsatsouline
This weekend I listened to an episode of the Tim Ferriss Podcast in which he interviewed strength and conditioning expert Pavel Tsatsouline. It was an eye-opening interview, in which Pavel
What caused this customer to delete our app and give it a one-star review?
This is the disappointing story of a user who decided to delete Rego, and give it a one-star review.
In the first version of Rego—an app we make for bookmarking locations—each place the user captured
How to setup a WordPress site on a Mac mini running OS X Server Yosemite
I have an internet-hosted Mac mini running OS X Server, and recently decided to figure out how to host websites on it, and in particular, Wordpress websites. After a few struggles and speed bumps, I
How to transfer digital assets upon ones death
After a friend passed last week, I was forced to reflect on the matter of how our personal and confidential digital data would be passed on and entrusted to others in case something unexpected